"Nothing at all?" Sirius laughed.

"Nothing at all," James repeated,

"What? Eh? How?" Sirius stuttered surprised,

"God knows," James sighed, "It's a little Lily idea," he shrugged "I'll just have to manage," He looked upon his friends flabbergasted face, "Shut your mouth Sirius man, its only four weeks," James turned away, reiterating it in his head.

It was only four weeks; he could do it……… he hoped.

Day one had passed without a hitch for James, he could look even if he couldn't touch, and my god, this year there was a lot to look at. All the girls were feeling the heat for some reason, tiny skirts, tiny tops; it was like heaven for him. He wasn't feeling the strain quite yet, and he conceded that this could prove a problem when he was feeling sex starved in a couple of days, but for now it was a small comfort to the reality Lily had made for him. If day two was as easy as day one had been he would be flying, but even as James woke up sitting over a glass of pumpkin juice at the table for breakfast, he was feeling attracted to people he hadn't even noticed before.

'Snap out of it James' he thought to himself, 'You can do this' he looked deep in thought, determined almost, and hardly even noticed the person come and sit next to him at the table.

"Hello to you too James," Lily retorted haughtily,

"What?" He looked at her next to him, "Oh, Hi Lils, sorry was in a world of my own,"

"We finding it hard to stay celibate then?" Lily questioned with a grin on her face,

"Not at all," James lied, even as he was saying this, his eyes were travelling all over Lily. She wasn't an ugly girl, in fact it was an unnoticed beauty that she had. Her beautiful hair flowed down her back, resting on her shoulders, framing her delicate pretty face, with eyes as big as moons and red lips. He focussed on her lips, wishing he could touch them; his eyes began to travel down, down towards her cleavage, slightly viewable underneath her white vest top underneath her robes, which weren't quite fastened up to the top.

"Oh, well, good for you," Lily looked at him strangely, "You have a good day then James, I'll see you tomorrow yes? For our little meeting?"

"Yeah," he said sounding uninterested, Lily got up to leave and James got a good look at her walking away, as much as he didn't really want to see her walking away from him right now, it was a good sight, one that he thoroughly savoured.

Day two had gone without too many hitches, he'd had a few slip ups with thoughts like that morning at breakfast, he hadn't been able to even begin to concentrate in potions when he was partnered with Lily, but he'd got through it. It was pretty early and everyone was in high spirits in the common room, Sirius and Remus were both sitting talking with two girls from the year below about something or other, and everyone else seemed to be paired off. James decided to go to bed, thinking he'd probably prefer to be there, by himself for once…

When he entered the boy's dormitory he immediately smelt a sweet vanilla smell, which was really odd in their dorm. But he figured it was nothing to worry about and quickly stripped down to his pair of boxer shorts, and drew back the curtains surrounding his four-poster bed. He slipped into the darkness and underneath his sheets, lying back he let out a sigh, it was going to be a long month.

"Want me to help you relax?"

James leapt up in shock, he hadn't realised he hadn't been alone, but certainly recognised the voice,

"Jess, you scared the shit out of me," James screeched. She laughed in reply. He and Jess had been an item the year before, and she somehow seemed to have decided they were again or something. He felt her mouth kiss his neck, and her hand reach down towards his boxer shorts, slipping underneath slowly. He leapt up, pulling away quickly,

"No Jess, I cant"

"What? It's never stopped you before James"

"I just cant okay?" James replied wishing he could partake in such a surprise.

"Yeah, Whatever," Jess shot back, pulling a top over her head and pulling on some shorts, She made her way to the door pulling it open, only to find Lily behind it.

"Oh, Sorry, am I interrupting?" Lily smirked,

"No," Jess said angrily, "You really aren't" She pushed past Lily, leaving her and James in the dormitory together.

"Nothing happened? You turned her down?" Lily said.

"Nothing" James stated, "Nothing at all." He looked at her and decided to be honest, "Not that I wasn't tempted"

Lily laughed, "I knew it,"

"Hey," James protested, "I didn't do anything wrong, Its not so easy you know"

"Of course its piss easy, I could do it," She smiled,

"Prove it," James challenged. Granted Lily had morals and it would be easy for her, he knew this, but it was time to test her, she wasn't totally without hormones.

"You have a deal James," Lily nodded, she turned towards the door, "I'll let you get your rest, I'm sure you'll need to have your strength tomorrow, its another day" She exited the dormitory quietly without a word, and James smiled at where she had been standing.

Oh yes, it would be easy for Lily, But would be so easy if she really liked somebody? If she just fell head over heels for someone? It was time to push her boundaries and see how far they went. Just so long as he didn't fall for her, it was a definite win on his part, he'd get her to compromise the bet, he couldn't face losing, and this way, he couldn't.